Mellisa Tolentino
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Full specs on Nokia’s new N1 tablet: iPad copycat with Android flavor
Despite selling its mobile business to Microsoft and facing public opinion that Nokia Oyj had abandoned the mobile market, the Finnish company reminds the world it’s still alive and kicking with news of the upcoming Nokia N1 tablet. But is Nokia losing its touch to innovate? The electronics maker’s newest device looks a lot like the ...
What you missed in the Smart World: Auto coffee, app prescriptions and more
This week’s Smart World Series features a smart coffee maker that wakes you up with a fresh cup of joe, physician-prescribed health apps, smart parking and solar roads in Europe, and a new test bed for the Internet of Things. . For those who missed last week’s Smart World Series, here’s a chance to catch ...
Yacuna Direct makes Bitcoin buying hassle-free
UK-based cryptocurrency exchange Yacuna Ltd. has launched a new service designed to let people acquire digital currencies like Bitcoin, Dogecoin and Litecoin without any of the usual hassle. Called Yacuna Direct, the service provides a user-friendly platform that allows newcomers to buy Bitcoins directly from SOFORT Banking at a fixed price while also eliminating the ...
5 signs Google Glass may hit a dead end
It seems developers have lost interest in creating apps for Google Inc.’s digitized spectacles, Glass. According to a recent Reuters report, nine of 16 surveyed Glass app developers have abandoned their efforts for varying reasons. From the device’s limited capabilities, development restrictions and still-small user base, is Google Glass worthwhile for app makers? . 5 signs ...
Bitcoin is getting under your skin, literally
Martijn Wismeijer, also known as Mr. Bitcoin, is taking Bitcoin to a whole new level by keeping it safe inside two NTAG216 NFC tags implanted underneath his skin. You read that right, Mr. Bitcoin has two NFC chips, made out of glass that can hold up to 888 bites of programmable memory or about 26 ...
Fujitsu’s new platform is a testbed for IoT products
This week’s Smart DevOps roundup features the latest implementations for the Internet of Things (IoT), and a new cloud platform for connected devices. IoT design winners STMicroelectronics, Inc. announced the winners of the STM32 Internet-of-Things Design Challenge in EMEA. The contest centered on the Internet of Things inventiveness and challenged participants to unleash their creative ...
Smart parking, solar bike path launch in Europe
This week’s Smart City roundup looks at expected annual revenues of wireless control systems for smart buildings, another city implementing smart parking technology, and the opening of a solar highway in the Netherlands. . The promise of wireless smart tech Navigant Research recently reported that worldwide revenues from wireless control systems used to link various ...
Check out Facebook’s ridiculously easy privacy tutorials
Facebook Inc. has been around for years and gained millions of users, but despite how very popular the social networking service is, many of its users still have trouble navigating Facebook’s myriad of privacy settings. While the public nature of social networking seems to fly in the face of privacy, a cultural shift demands more privacy options ...
A doctors’ note for health apps: Validating a new era of tech
This week’s Smart Health features an app that coaches you to get healthy, a new health tracker for your pet, and an app store for prescribed health apps. . Vida’s digital coaches A new app helps people get fit and monitorS their health without the need for a doctor’s visit. Called Vida, the app integrates with ...
WATCH LIVE! from re:Invent – Is Amazon’s cloud takeover working?
The AWS re:Invent 2014 officially kicks off this week, running November 11 through the 14th. The four-day event is hosted at The Venetian in Las Vegas, Nevada. SiliconANGLE’s roving news team, theCUBE, is there to cover the event from start to finish, broadcasting live interviews with top executives in the industry. You can watch the ...